Ernest Marples: The Shadow Behind Beeching

Ernest Marples revolutionized three UK government departments. At Transport (1959—1964) he appointed Dr Beeching chairman of British Railways and commissioned him to produce his infamous report, inaugurated motorways and introduced significant regulations for motorists. At Housing (1951—1954) he delivered 300,000 new houses annually and as Postmaster General (1957—1959), he reformed Post Office accounting systems and launched postcodes and Subscriber Trunk Dialling. This first biography of ...